Oral Arguments scheduled for 07/01/25
Docket: D. NJ case no. 1:22-cv-04360, Third Circuit case nos. 24-2415, 24-2450, and 24-2506
ANJRPC v. Platkin (3rd Circuit); The panel is Shwartz, Freeman, and Smith
Prior decision being appealed:
OLD (not current) docket:
(don’t have a current docket link yet, will provide as soon as I can)
Don’t know much about the judges. How’s the panel look on 2A?
Someone needs to explain to Mr Foreskin that NJ already banned assault weapons. According to the NJ AWB, none of my firearms meet the criteria.
There is a case number for each of the consolidated cases: 24-2415, 24-2450, 24-2506
ANJRPC et al vs NJ AG.pdf (130.1 KB)
On Tuesday, July 1 at 9:30 a.m. a middle-level U.S. appeals court will hear appeals of the lower court’s previous rulings in ANJRPC’s magazine ban and “assault” firearm cases (ANJRPC v. Platkin).
9:30 AM
Twitter feed of oral arguments:
I listened to the arguments. Neither side did a great job. It seems the ban hinges on whether or not NJ can lump the AR15 into the same category as an M16. They talked a lot about dangerous and/or unusual weapons and common use.
One judge suggested that the only reason ARs are in common use is not because owners wanted them, but a mass marketing campaign “popularized” the uncommon firearm. That is really stretching it a bit.
The same judge (male) is coincidentally the one who interrupted the plaintiffs the most, and usually just as they were about to make a point.
Oral Argument Recording:
A 2A case en banc re-hearing we may actually like?
3rd circuit court of appeals has ordered an en banc re-hearing of the case.
Oral arguments scheduled for 10/15/25
New decision time?:
Combined cases Cheeseman v Platkin and ANJRPC v Platkin which challenges NJ’s AWB and Magazine Capacity, having been argued on July 1 has now been ordered Sua Sponte by 3rd Circuit chief Judge Chagres to be heard EN BANC October 15th with the following 13 judges: CHAGARES, Chief Judge, HARDIMAN, SHWARTZ, KRAUSE, RESTREPO, BIBAS, PORTER, MATEY, PHIPPS, FREEMAN, MONTGOMERY- REEVES, CHUNG, and SMITH.
Of those 13, 7 have leaned or fully supported 2A rights previously, bringing an assumed split 7-6 in favor of 2A
13 judges??? wtf is up with that.
It means they can’t stack a 3-judge panel with liberal leaning judges to further delay or deny us our rights.
4 Boxes Diner breaks it down nicely.
Awesome news. Hopefully this means a quick decision after arguments too.
Please overturn the AWB and Mag Ban before November. Please please please.
It would be so…satisfying…to have Murphy and Platkin presiding over the restoration of the right to carry and the elimination of the AWB and Mag Bans during their terms.
I doubt Platkin would have the cojones to appeal to SCOTUS on a 3rd Circuit appeals court overturn of the AWB and Mag Ban.
reading the verbiage on the links on News2A website it says Ellman and Cheeseman are challenging “ban on commonly owned semi -automatic rifles “ just wondering if that is how the complaint is actually written. since none of guns on NJ’s AWB list are commonly owned due to the fact of the ban itself how would this work. they already stated the colt AR-15 ban is unconstitutional, we all know they are commonly owned but what about a M1 carbine? not commonly owned in NJ due to the ban so how does this really go? does anyone see my point? I hope the complaint doesnt actually state “commonly owned” but rather just semi-automatic regardless of evil features.
The more then 10 round limit should say “an arbitrary number of rounds” or “firearm magazines as designed by the manufacturer” we can end up winning this and NJ just up the limit to 11 and we are back to square 1 as they say.
@Revenger - appreciate the interest. The resources you need to answer your questions are in this thread.
From the Cheeseman v. Platkin complaint which is available from the docket link in the first post - part of the requested relief:
If NJ is barred by court order from enforcing the AWB statute as currently written, what happens?
I believe we revert to federal rules on long guns.
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